More than $40 million raised in March

The Obama campaign continues to raise staggering amounts of money most from ordinary contributors rather than the usual deep pocket types.

In March, the campaign raised more than a million dollars a day to garner in over $40 million for the month. About 442,000 people contributed at an average contribution of about $90 per person.

Here is the press release from campaign manager David Plouffe.

Senator Obama has always said that this campaign would rise or fall on the willingness of the American people to become partners in an effort to change our politics and start a new chapter in our history. Today we're seeing the American people's extraordinary desire to change Washington, as tens of thousands of new contributors joined the more than a million Americans who have already taken ownership of this campaign for change. Many of our contributors are volunteering for the campaign, making our campaign the largest grassroots army in recent political history.